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- Netflix To Screen First Two Episodes Of ‘One Piece’ Season 2 In Theaters
First Stranger Things, and now One Piece. The manga-based series is the latest Netflix television project to get a theatrical release. In conjunction with the premiere of the show’s second season on the streamer March 10, the first two episodes of Season two will head to the big screen the... - Adrianne Curry, Isis King, Kelly Cutrone & More Defend Tyra Banks Amid ‘Reality Check’ Docuseries Fallout
As Tyra Banks faces a new wave of backlash following her appearance in Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, some of her former protégés are coming to her defense. Following the Netflix docuseries’ release last week, former contestants Adrianne Curry, Isis King and Jaslene Gonzalez were among those defending... - Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up Global Rights To John Turturro Sundance Pic ‘The Only Living Pickpocket In New York’ From MRC & T-Street
EXCLUSIVE: We can tell you first that Sony Pictures Classics has snapped up global rights to MRC and T-Street’s John Turturro crime thriller The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, which world premiered at Sundance and recently played Berlin. A fall theatrical release is in the works. The Noah Segan... - Jared Harris Joins Leonardo DiCaprio And Jennifer Lawrence In ‘What Happens At Night’ From Apple
EXCLUSIVE: Jared Harris is set to join to join Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming feature What Happens at Night. Hailing from Apple Original Films and made in partnership with Studiocanal, the dream-like story follows a married American couple who travel to a small, snowy European town to adopt a baby. Patricia Clarkson and Mads... - ‘Scrubs’ Goes Back To Basics As Revival Gives Original Title Sequence Slight Update
Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence confirmed to Deadline that the revival picks up as if the original series ended with the Season 8 finale, and the opening sequence is evidence of that — with a twist. The title sequence for the revival, which you can see above, is set to “Superman”... - Mouse Mouthpiece Out: Kristina Schake Leaving Disney The Same Day Josh D’Amaro Takes Over As CEO
Just over four months after inking a two-year contract extension, Kristina Schake is exiting as Disney’s Chief Communications Officer as a new CEO takes over. Following her four-year stint as the House of Mouse top mouthpiece, the former Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton senior aide will “depart the company after... - WBD Shocker! Says Paramount Sweeter Offer Might Lead To Better Deal Than Netflix, Will Continue Talks With David Ellison Company
Big news. The ground has shifted as Warner Bros. Discovery said its board determined tha a new proposal from Paramount could reasonably be expected to lead to a so-called “Company Superior Proposal” as defined in WBD’s merger agreement with Netflix and that it will continue talks with the David Ellison... - ‘Scream 7’ To Yell $60M In Global Debut, Second-Best Start For 30-Year Old Horror Franchise – Box Office
Paramount and Spyglass’ Scream 7 has no intention of slowing its slay of the box office with the latest installment in the 30-year old franchise bound for $60M+ worldwide start. That would rank as the series’ second-best opening following 2023’s Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera starring Scream VI which posted... - Baylen Dupree Defends John Davidson After BAFTA Incident: “Can You Imagine How Heartbreaking It Is To Say Something That You Don’t Mean?
Baylen Dupree, the eponymous star of TLC’s Baylen Out Loud, the biggest freshman cable hit last year, is a young woman who suffers from Tourette’s. Dupree knows a thing or two about how the disease is perceived and she has used her platform to defend John Davidson, the subject of... - TelevisaUnivision Caps Year Of Rebuilding With Mixed Q4 Report, Warns Of Ad Sales “Pressure” In 2026
As TelevisaUnivision continues a significant rebuilding effort, the Hispanic media giant reported mixed results in the fourth quarter Tuesday. It also warned of “pressure” on advertising revenue in parts of 2026. Total revenue in the quarter drifted down 2% from the same period a year earlier, coming in at 1.232... - Bingo! Trump SOTU Preemptively Ridiculed By Newsom With Game Cards Predictions: “Random Nicki Minaj Callout”
Gavin Newsom has long made trolling and slagging Donald Trump a bit of a game, and now with tonight’s State of the Union speech, the California governor has made it official. “Tonight, we’re playing Trump Crash Out Bingo,” Newsom announced online Tuesday just a few hours before Trump is set... - Snow Socks Stage But ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ And British Cast Of ‘Operation Mincemeat’ Get Warm Goodbyes – Broadway Box Office
Call New York City’s recent weather what you want – bomb cyclone, blizzard, or plain old snowstorm – but it definitely chilled Broadway’s box office over the weekend. Receipts for the week ending Sunday February 22 were down 6% from the previous week, settling at $31,554,841 – and that’s with... - Tim Daly To Star Alongside Tèa Leoni In NBC Comedy Pilot ‘Newlyweds’, Pam Fryman To Direct
NBC is doing some method casting on its pilot Newlyweds, with Tèa Leoni and Tim Daly, who tied the knot last July, playing the titular leads in the multi-camera comedy. Daly has closed a deal to join Leoni in the pilot, co-created by Gail Lerner and Jamie Lee Curtis. It... - Drew Lindo & Azie Tesfai Developing Nichole Chase’s ‘The Accidental Assassin’ Novel For TV
EXCLUSIVE: Drew Lindo (Quantum Leap, Reign) is developing a TV adaptation of the Nichole Chase novel The Accidental Assassin with Azie Tesfai (Supergirl) for Amazon MGM Studios. The Accidental Assassin follows Ava Dumont, who always plays it safe, until she goes to London and encounters Owen Walker, a professional assassin... - Donald Trump Talks Iran, Previews SOTU Speech In Traditional Pre-Speech White House Lunch With Network Anchors
Donald Trump dined with major broadcast and cable network news anchors on Tuesday, carrying on a long tradition of presidents having lunch with the major media figures in the hours before delivering a State of the Union address. The three major broadcast anchors — ABC News’ David Muir, CBS News’... - Oscar Nominated Filmmaker Brings Touch Of “Strangeness” To Hollywood
EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Alison McAlpine made the most of her recent visit to Los Angeles for the Oscar Luncheon. While in town earlier this month, the Montreal-based director of perfectly a strangeness went on a couple of shoots. And she didn’t go alone. As readers of Deadline know, McAlpine’s... - How Dare You: ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Docuseries Is A Runway Hit For Netflix
America’s Next Top Model hasn’t been on since 2018 but Netflix’s recent docuseries about the Tyra Banks-led reality series has been dominating headlines over the last few weeks. Turns out Netflix viewers are interested as Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model landed at number one in the streamer’s Top... - Busy Philipps Joins Series Regular Cast Of CBS Legal Drama ‘Cupertino’
Busy Philipps (Girls5Eva) has joined the series regular cast of the upcoming CBS legal drama Cupertino, from creators Robert and Michelle King. Philipps will play Natalia, the beautiful and delightfully blunt first wife of an AI Billionaire, who divorced her when she turned forty. Now Natalia wants revenge and agrees... - Etan Frankel Inks First-Look Producing Deal With Fox Entertainment Studios
Writer and producer Etan Frankel (Joe vs. Carole, Sorry for Your Loss) is getting into business with Fox Entertainment Studios. Frankel has inked a first-look producing deal with the studio to develop and produce premium scripted series across genres. Under the new partnership, Frankel will develop a slate of scripted... - Jimmy Kimmel Again Skewers FCC Chairman Brendan Carr; Democratic Senator Presses Agency For Answers On Equal Time Crackdown
Jimmy Kimmel once again riffed on Brendan Carr, Donald Trump’s FCC chairman, after the agency targeted his and other late night and daytime shows in cracking down on the Equal Time Rule. On his show on Monday, Kimmel devoted part of his monologue to Carr’s announcement last week that he... - New AI Tool From Amazon’s AWS Speeds Up Vertical Video Clip Process; Fox, NBCUniversal Among Initial Customers
Amazon’s AWS is rolling out a new AI-enabled product it believes will help broadcasters meet the social media moment. AWS Elemental Inference enables the conversion of live and on-demand footage into vertical videos optimized for mobile and social. In carrying sports and other live events, networks and streamers are increasingly... - Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Marshals’ Casts Ellyn Jameson In Recurring Role
EXCLUSIVE: Ellyn Jameson (Barry) has been cast in a key recurring role opposite Luke Grimes in the upcoming first season of Marshals, Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone spinoff. Jameson will play Dolly Weaver, the daughter of a rancher. Per the logline: “With the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Kayce Dutton (Grimes) joins an elite... - Jenna Mattison Tapped To Pen Feature Adaptation Of J.D. Barker’s Thriller Novel ‘A Caller’s Game’
EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Mattison has been tapped to pen a feature adaptation of A Caller’s Game, the thriller from New York Times and international bestselling author J.D. Barker. This marks Mattison’s second collaboration with Barker following The Gimble Files, a TV series they’re developing with UCP, based on a novel Barker... - Just For Laughs Inks Distribution Deal For Comedy Special ‘One Night Out With Alan Cumming’
EXCLUSIVE: Just For Laughs announced on Tuesday that One Night Out with Alan Cumming, a comedy special filmed at Espace St-Denis during last summer’s Montreal festival, is set to premiere on Crave and CTV Comedy Channel in Canada this Thursday, February 26. Cumming brought together an all-star lineup of queer... - Christian Bale Set For Mann’s “Heat 2”
Christian Bale has confirmed he will star in Michael Mann’s “Heat 2” alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, according to entertainment journalist Jake Hamilton. A frequent interviewer on red carpets, Hamilton indicated he’d just spoken to Bale, who told him: “I’ll be back in Chicago soon for HEAT 2”. The... - Timothée Chalamet To Appear On Live Recording Of LeBron James And Steve Nash’s Podcast ‘Mind The Game’
Timothée Chalamet is continue to up his game for the promotional tour of of his A24 movie Marty Supreme as he is now set to appear on the podcast Mind the Game, co-hosted by NBA stars LeBron James and Steve Nash. The interview will be done live following a special... - Mark Rylance And Shira Haas Join TriStar’s Adaptation Of ‘The Nightingale’
EXCLUSIVE: Mark Rylance and Shira Haas have joined TriStar Pictures’ feature adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s novel, The Nightingale, starring Dakota and Elle Fanning, marking the first time the sisters will star in a film together. The film also stars Edmund Donovan. Michael Morris will direct the film from a script by... - Ed Skrein To Play Baldur In Prime Video’s ‘God Of War’
Ed Skrein (Jurassic World Rebirth) is the latest actor to join the cast of Prime Video‘s God of War, Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios’ TV adaptation of PlayStation’s ancient mythology-themed video game. Skrein will play Baldur, who may be the youngest son of Odin (Mandy Pitinkin), but he’s his father’s most dangerous... - ‘Forever’ And ‘Girlfriends’ Showrunner Mara Brock Akil Sets Debut Novel ‘The Revelation Of Dionne Daphne’ To Publish This Summer
Mara Brock Akil, showrunner, writer, producer and creator of shows such as Girlfriends, Being Mary Jane, Love Is__ and Netflix’s Forever, has her debut novel The Revelation of Dionne Daphne publishing June 30, 2026. Crown Publishing imprint Storehouse Voices will release Akil’s fiction novel, which follows the titular magnetic heroine... - Sony Confirms Spider-Man Spin-Offs Reboot
Sony Pictures CEO Tom Rothman has confirmed that the studio will reboot its cinematic universe of “Spider-Man” spin-offs following a number of box-office flops. Appearing on Matt Belloni’s The Town podcast today, Rothman was asked where things stand with the “Spider-Man” franchise outside of the main series... - “For All Mankind” Season 5 Full Trailer
Apple TV has premiered the official trailer for the fifth season of its critically acclaimed space drama “For All Mankind” which returns on Friday, March 27th. The ten-episode fifth season picks up in the 2010s, years since the Goldilocks asteroid heist. Happy Valley has grown into a... - Trailer: “Yellowstone” Spin-Off “The Madison”
Paramount+ has premiered the full-length trailer for Taylor Sheridan’s new “Yellowstone” spin-off series “The Madison” which premieres on the streamer on March 14th. The show marks the fifth overall series in the franchise and is dubbed a “heartfelt study of grief and human connection following a New... - BBC Reveals It Edited Out Second Racial Slur From BAFTA Film Awards Coverage
A second racial slur was edited out of the BAFTA Film Awards coverage by the BBC on Sunday, according to the corporation’s head of content. Kate Phillips emailed staff this afternoon to apologize and reveal that a second slur was removed from the broadcast, which aired two hours after the... - Andrew Scott To Star Opposite Emily Blunt In Pic ‘Walk The Blue Fields’ As Netflix Boards Project
EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Scott is set to join Emily Blunt in Walk the Blue Fields, based on the stirring romance short story by acclaimed author Claire Keegan. Deadline also is hearing that Netflix has come onboard alongside Compelling Pictures, Element Pictures — a Fremantle Company — and Ledbury Productions. Tom Cullen... - Sundance Film Festival Sets 2027 Dates For Boulder Debut
The Sundance Film Festival has set the 2027 dates for its first year in Boulder, CO: January 21–31. Last March, Boulder won a bidding battle to become the new home of the Sundance Film Festival after myriad cities were in consideration — including its longtime haunt Park City. The Colorado... - ‘Stranger Things’ Stunt Coordinator Hiro Koda Unpacks “Fun Challenges” For Season 5 Vecna & Eleven Battle
Even though Netflix’s Stranger Things has ended, iconic moments from the final season still live on. Season 5 saw the brutal take down of various military factions, demogorgons and series big bad Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) and the Mind Flayer at the hands of the beloved ragtag group of rascals... - A Royal Double For Beta Film: King Ludwig II Drama Coming To Market & New Season Of ‘Máxima’ In The Works
Beta Film is having a royal moment here at the London TV Screenings. The German production and distribution giant has gotten on board Ludwig (WT), an upcoming drama about King Ludwig II and reckoned to be one of the biggest dramas in production in Germany of late. In other royal... - Brazilian Grammy Nominee Anitta Signs With WME
EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Grammy-nominated Brazilian artist Anitta for representation in all areas, with an eye toward helping her expand her presence across, television, and unscripted. The agency will at the same time look to help Anitta scale her global brand in fashion, beauty, partnerships, and the creator economy, with... - Disney+ Names Daniel Burman Head Of Original Content In Latin America
Disney+ has a new originals boss across Latin America. The streamer has named Daniel Burman, an Argentinean filmmaker who has worked closely with The MediaPro Studio, as Head of Original Content, Disney+ LATAM. Burman, who joins on March 25, will report to Eric Schrier, President Disney Television Studios & Global... - Residente Signs With UTA
On the heels of Deadline’s exclusive announcement that René “Residente” Pérez Joglar will make his directing and screenwriting debut with the film Porto Rico, the multi-Grammy-winning recording artist has signed with United Talent Agency for representation in all areas. UTA also will represent his production company, 1868 Studios. As we... - Baz Luhrmann Says Elvis Presley Stage Musical “Is Happening”
Baz Luhrmann has been teasing the possibility of an Elvis Presley stage musical for a few years, but the director of 2022’s Elvis and the current EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert now is sounding more sure of the prospect. In an interview with the UK’s Magic Radio, Luhrmann, asked about... - ‘Hilo’ Graphic Novel Series Set For Animated Movie Adaptation
Mediawan Kids & Family, its Amsterdam-based company Submarine and Canada’s Sinking Ship Entertainment are teaming on a feature film adaptation of Judd Winick’s bestselling graphic novel series Hilo. The book series, which has sold one million copies worldwide since its launch in 2015, follows a mysterious young boy who crashes... - BAFTA Says It Has Begun “Comprehensive Review” After Slur Incident At Film Awards
BAFTA told its members this afternoon that it has started what it described as a comprehensive review of Sunday’s Film Awards after a racial slur was used when Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage. “We want to assure all our members that a comprehensive review is underway,”... - Google Apologizes After AI News Alert About BAFTA Film Awards Debacle Included The N-Word
Google has apologized after an AI-generated news alert about the BAFTA Film Awards racial slur incident included the N-word. The tech giant pushed out a notification linking to a The Hollywood Reporter article, which had the headline: ‘How the Tourette’s Fallout Unfolded at the BAFTA Film Awards.’ The alert then... - ‘The Madison’: Paramount+ Unveils Trailer & Release Plan For Taylor Sheridan Series Led By Michelle Pfeiffer & Kurt Russell
Horses? Check. Sweeping vistas? Check. A-list stars? Check. It must be a new Taylor Sheridan series. Paramount+ on Tuesday released the first trailer for Sheridan’s The Madison, which stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell. “You’ll have as much life as you’ll allow yourself,” Russell says to a bathtub-dwelling Pfeiffer in... - Hot Package: Aimee Lou Wood To Star In New TV Adaptation Of ‘Jane Eyre’ For Working Title
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline hears that The White Lotus and Sex Education star Aimee Lou Wood is attached to star in a new TV adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel Jane Eyre. Emmy nominee Wood will play the indomitable heroine in the buzzy adaptation which we understand is being produced by UK... - Teaser Trailer: A24’s “The Backrooms” Movie
Following yesterday’s poster, A24 has unveiled the teaser trailer for its film adaptation of the internet horror phenomenon “The Backrooms”. Kane Parsons, the 19-year-old filmmaker who created the original “The Backrooms (Found Footage)” viral video, directs the projects, making him the youngest director in A24 history. Parsons... - Netflix Unveils ‘Pride & Prejudice’ Series Teaser Trailer & Release Window
The first teaser trailer for Netflix’s Pride & Prejudice series, based on Jane Austen’s classic novel, is here. The clip features Elizabeth Bennet (Emma Corrin) and Mr. Darcy (Jack Lowden). The six-part series will be a faithful, classic adaptation of the novel, written by Dolly Alderton (Everything I Know About... - ‘Robin Hood’ Renewed For Season 2 At MGM+
MGM+ will be stealing from the rich and giving to the poor once again via a second, expanded season of Robin Hood. Lionsgate Television and John Glenn’s show about the famous outlaw starring Jack Patten, Lauren McQueen and Sean Bean has been “one of MGM+s all-time best first-season performers,” according... - Savannah Guthrie Says Family Still Believes “In A Miracle” But Acknowledges Mother Nancy “May Be Lost”; Reward Offered Up To $1 Million
Savannah Guthrie posted a new video about the disappearance of her mother Nancy, offering her family’s reward of up to $1 million for information leading to her recovery. But marking the 24th day since Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her home near Tucson, her daughter also acknowledged the reality of... - France Télévisions, RAI & ZDF Team Up For Animated Series ‘The Saddle Club’ Based On Bonnie Bryant Books
EXCLUSIVE: Bonnie Bryant’s literary franchise ‘The Saddle Club’ is being adapted as a CG-animated series in Europe. France Télévisions, Rai and ZDF have co-commissioned the TV adaptation, which will be named The Saddle Club. Paris’s Frog Box and Milan’s Red Monk Studio are making the series in association with Studio... - ‘Boong’ Filmmaker Lakshmipriya Devi On Her Surprise BAFTA Win: “I Hope Madonna Can Watch The Film”
“I want to use this outlet to say that I hope Madonna can watch the film,” Lakshmipriya Devi, the filmmaker behind the Manipuri-language title Boong, explains earnestly during a short interview with Deadline after Sunday night’s BAFTA Film Awards. “I did write to her on Instagram when we were selected... - Warner Bros. Discovery Reviewing Paramount’s Revised Takeover Offer
Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed today it had a received a revised offer from Paramount “and is reviewing it in consultation with our financial and legal advisors.” It did not disclose the terms of the new bid. The Pararmout proposal on the table for some time has been for $30 a... - Disney Closes Viewership Gap With YouTube Thanks To January’s Football Frenzy, Nielsen Says
College and NFL football propelled Disney to 11.9% of all U.S. TV viewing in January, according to Nielsen’s latest Media Distributor Gauge report. YouTube once again topped the list at 12.5%, according to the monthly snapshot of viewing by distributor. (See the full chart below.) Netflix ticked up 1% from... - ‘My Father’s Shadow’ Actor Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù Criticizes “Institutional Racism” Behind BBC “Censoring” Akinola Davies Jr.’s BAFTA Speech But Airing Racist Slur
My Father’s Shadow lead Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù shared a lengthy statement on Instagram Monday evening, criticizing what he described as the “institutional racism” behind the BBC’s decision to edit Akinola Davies Jr.’s BAFTA speech but air John Davidson’s involuntary slur. Read the statement in full below. “On a night of incredible... - Warner Bros. Complained About BAFTA Racial Slur Incident & Requested It Be Cut From BBC Broadcast
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. raised immediate concerns about the involuntary racial slur directed at the stars of Sinners during the BAFTA Film Awards, requesting that the incident be removed from the BBC broadcast, Deadline can reveal. A well-placed source told Deadline that Warner Bros. executives made a complaint to BAFTA within... - ‘Patience’: More Buyers For Channel 4 Crime Drama
Patience, the British detective series about a young police archivist who tackles crimes, has been sold into more territories. At the London TV Screenings, Beta Film revealed it had shopped the Channel 4 series to AMC Networks for Latin America, ABC in Australia, and across Africa to BBC Brit. In... - BAFTA Jury Member Steps Down Over Racial Slur Debacle, MPs Call For BBC Explanation
The fallout from the BAFTA racial slur saga has extended into a third day with a producer stepping down from one of its juries. Jonte Richardson, an independent producer who has worked on the BET Awards, posted on social media that the awards body’s “handling of the unfortunate Tourette’s N-Word... - Russell Brand Pleads Not Guilty To Latest Set Of Charges
Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to two additional charges, one of rape and one of sexual assault, according to reports. He has previously pled not guilty to five other charges and is already due to appear in court this summer on these charges. Questioned by Sky News outside the... - Ross Kemp Is Exploring Britain’s Masculinity Crisis In Trailer For Crime+Investigation Series
EXCLUSIVE: Ever since Adolescence shot up the Netflix charts and dominated the zeitgeist, concerned Brits have been wondering what is driving the terrible crimes exhibited in the show. Crime+Investigation UK and Vice Studios, in association with Krempelwood, have been investigating with On Gangs presenter and former EastEnders hard man Ross... - Lynne Ramsay To Receive Glasgow Film Festival’s Cinema City Honorary Award
Lynne Ramsay is set to receive the Cinema City Honorary Award at the Glasgow Film Festival, which kicks off this week. The renowned Glaswegian writer-director, whose Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson starrer Die My Love premiered in Cannes last year, will be awarded on March 6 at the festival and will also... - ITV & Disney Expand Content Pact With Hulu Shows ‘The Stolen Girl’ & ‘The Twisted Tale Of Amanda Knox’
ITV and Disney are deepening their content sharing pact in the UK. Following on from their streaming pact, which sees limited amounts of content from one past to the other’s streaming service, a pair of Hulu originals will run on the ITV1 broadcast network. Debuting tomorrow is The Stolen Girl,... - Quick News: Nightwing, Bleed, Forza, Kiki
Nightwing “Nightwing: Year One” co-writer Scott Beatty has endorsed a casting suggestion from a recent Instagram posting by “Heated Rivalry” star Hudson Williams holding up a copy of that comic’s 20th anniversary edition. The photo is captioned with Williams asking James Gunn to grab a coffee with... - ‘Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me’ Is A Doc That Wasn’t Meant To Happen: “I Didn’t Know What The F**k Was Going On”
Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me follows its titular star from London to Australia and back, taking in trips to see old friends, her on-stage performances, and even an encounter with royalty. BAFTA-winning director Simon Draper filmed Margolyes on his phone over two years, but a doc was not part of... - ‘Days That Shocked The World’ Sells To WBD In EMEA
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has picked up history doc Days That Shocked The World for EMEA to look back on huge events including Fukushima, Chernobyl and 9/11. The specials focusing on this trio of disasters have been bought by WBD as the 15th, 40th and 25th anniversaries of these... - HBO Max Continues Rollout With 12 Asia Pacific Launches
HBO Max is continuing its global rollout by debuting in 12 Asia Pacific markets. Warner Bros. Discovery will debut the global streaming service HBO Max on March 26 in Bhutan, Fiji, Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. THis comes after HBO Max’s recent launch in Italy... - Goalhanger Boss Tony Pastor Says “Millions” Of Young People Tuning Into Podcasts: “No TV Commissioner Would Dream Of This”
Goalhanger co-founder Tony Pastor has claimed young people are connecting with podcasts that “no commissioner at a TV station in the UK would dream of commissioning.” In a keynote talk at MIP London last night, Pastor outlined the case for Goalhanger’s podcast-first model, and said there was a “massive cause... - Hilary Duff & ‘Lizzie McGuire’ Cast Remember Robert Carradine’s “Fatherly Support”: “This One Hurts”
As Robert Carradine’s loved ones and fans mourn the actor’s death at age 71, his Lizzie McGuire family is paying tribute. Following his family’s announcement that Carradine died by suicide after a 20-year struggle with bipolar disorder, the cast of the Disney Channel series reacted to the news and reminisced... - Jeff Shell Intends To “Strongly Respond” To Threatened Lawsuit Over Insider Corporate Information
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount president Jeff Shell intends to fight back against a threatened lawsuit from a former longtime associate over the alleged misuse and disclosure of confidential corporate information by Shell. “We were presented with a draft complaint riddled with clear errors of fact and law.”Shell’s lawyer Patricia Glaser told Deadline... - ‘Daily Show’: Jon Stewart Acknowledges “Super Weird Year” For Hockey, Asks If Kash Patel Is “A Make-A-Wish Man” After Olympic Partying
As Team USA celebrates the first men’s hockey victory in nearly half a century, Jon Stewart unpacked the sport’s current cultural significance. During Monday’s episode of The Daily Show, the comedian reflected on the “super weird year” for hockey after the massive Heated Rivalry success and USA’s victory over Team... - Actor Robert Carradine Dies At Age 71
Robert Carradine has died at age 71. He took his own life. The actor is best known for his roles in The Long Riders, Revenge of the Nerds, and Lizzie McGuire. A beloved member of the storied clan of actors, Robert was the bedrock of his family, according to surviving... - Conan O’Brien Says He Reaches “More People Now” After Leaving Late-Night
Although Conan O’Brien has been out of the late-night game for nearly five years, he’s still finding plenty of people to hear what he has to say. The 6x Emmy-winning comedian, who hosts the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast and the HBO/Max travel show Conan O’Brien Must Go, said... - NAACP Image Awards: Michelle Obama, Will Packer, Kendrick Lamar Among Night 1 Winners
Books by Michelle Obama and producer Will Packer and Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show performance a year ago were among the winners on the first night of the 2026 NAACP Image Awards. The winners in the literary, short-form and creator categories were revealed Monday during the first of three... - Daniel Radcliffe Isn’t Itching To Play Wolverine
While Marvel Studios’ plans for the future of Wolverine in its post-“Secret Wars” X-Men era aren’t clear, one potential contender has partly ruled himself out. “Harry Potter” actor Daniel Radcliffe is among the most frequently suggested names for the role (though Taron Egerton arguably remains the most... - Apologies Issued For BAFTA Swearing Incident
Discussion about this year’s BAFTA Film Awards ceremony has been dominated by an incident that made it into the broadcast. During the ceremony, “Sinners” stars Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting an award when a racial slur was shouted at them from the audience. The... - Maksim Chmerkovskiy To Lead Vertical Series ‘Wild Silence’ For Holywater Microdrama Platform My Drama
EXCLUSIVE: Maksim Chmerkovskiy is now the leading man in a vertical drama series. The former Dancing with the Stars pro will star in Wild Silence, Holywater Tech’s latest offering on its My Drama platform. Marking Chmerkovskiy’s first leading role in a scripted vertical series, Wild Silence is also the first... - Matthew Lillard Says Quentin Tarantino’s Diss “Sucked” & It Was “Really Lovely” Seeing Support From Hollywood: “I Felt Like I Had Died”
Matthew Lillard is opening up about the positive outcome after director Quentin Tarantino publicly dissed him. In a new interview, the Scream actor revisited the time that the Kill Bill filmmaker said he didn’t “care for” the actor, as well as Paul Dano and Owen Wilson. “It felt like I... - Jill Basinger Joins Stris & Maher LLP As Partner To Lead Its Media, Entertainment & Sports Practice
EXCLUSIVE: Prominent media and entertainment litigator Jill Basinger has joined Stris & Maher LLP to lead its Media, Entertainment and Sports Litigation practice from the Los Angeles office. She will work to leverage the firm’s nationwide platform to serve clients wherever needed. Basinger spent more than a decade as a... - Milan Cortina Olympics Deliver Most-Watched Winter Games Since 2014 Across NBCUniversal Platforms
It appears NBCUniversal gets the gold for its presentation of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina, which were the most-watched Winter Games in more than a decade. From the opening through closing ceremonies, this year’s games averaged 23.5 million viewers on NBC, Peacock, NBCUniversal Digital Platforms and Versant’s CNBC... - State Of The Union 2026: How To Watch It And How The News Networks Are Covering It
President Donald Trump will deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term in office on Tuesday, February 24. The address to the joint session of Congress is scheduled to being at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and will air live across U.S. broadcast and news networks.... - Hulu Developing Drama Series ‘The Haunting Of Alejandra’ From Steven Paul Martinez
EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is developing The Haunting of Alejandra, a series adaptation of the 2023 horror novel by V. Castro, with Steven Paul Martinez as writer and executive producer. The Haunting of Alejandra is billed as a recurring series blending psychological horror and social commentary that explores supernatural Mexican mythology. Wife,... - Hulu Greenlights Ryan Coogler’s “X-Files” Pilot
Disney has officially confirmed that “Black Panther” and “Sinners” filmmaker Ryan Coogler’s reboot of “The X-Files” has been given the greenlight for a pilot at Hulu. Coogler will write and direct the pilot while Jennifer Yale (“The Copenhagen Test”) has been set as showrunner reports Deadline. Danielle... - Funko Sets Deal For TV & Film Adaptations
The Funko Collectibles brand, creator of those Pop Vinyl figurines, has struck a deal with production companies Rideback and Spuree to develop film, TV and animated content. The two companies will serve as Funko’s content partners for original Funko-driven projects across animation, hybrid, live-action, scripted and unscripted... - Lily Collins To Star As Audrey Hepburn
Lily Collins (“Emily in Paris”) is set to play iconic actress Audrey Hepburn in a film about the making of 1961 classic “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” at Case Study Films and Imagine Entertainment. The film is based on Sam Wasson’s bestselling book “Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn,... - NBC Renewal Status Report: ‘Chicago’ And ‘Law & Order’ Franchises, ‘The Hunting Party’, ‘Brilliant Minds’ & ‘Stumble’
NBC is coming off the purge of 2025 when six scripted series — dramas Found, The Irrational, Grosse Pointe Garden Society and Suits L.A. and comedies Night Court and Lopez vs. Lopez — were canceled ahead of NBA’s arrival to the network’s primetime last fall. NBC added two new comedy... - Art Directors Guild To Honor Rep. Laura Friedman Of California At 2026 ADG Awards
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